Drone assaults killed civilians in Russia and Ukraine, a day after Zelenskyy renewed his Easter ceasefire supply.
Printed On 7 Apr 2026
A Ukrainian drone has killed three civilians in Russia’s Vladimir area, whereas a Russian drone hit a metropolis bus in Ukraine’s Dnipropetrovsk area, additionally killing three civilians, in tit-for-tat assaults.
Drones bombed a residential constructing within the Alexandrovsky district within the west of the Vladimir area, Governor Alexander Avdeev mentioned on Tuesday.
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A pair and their 12-year-old son had been killed within the assault, whereas their five-year-old daughter was in hospital with burns, native officers mentioned.
In the meantime, a Russian drone hit a metropolis bus in Dnipropetrovsk on Tuesday, killing not less than three folks and injuring 12 others, Ukrainian officers mentioned.
Regional Governor Oleksandr Hanzha mentioned the assault struck the centre of Nikopol, a metropolis on the fitting financial institution of the Dnipro.
“This was not a random strike,” Hanzha mentioned in a press release on Telegram.
Inside Minister Ihor Klymenko mentioned the assault occurred within the morning, with rescue groups working on the scene.
“Along with medical personnel, they managed to free and rescue seven folks,” he mentioned.
The assaults come a day after Kyiv launched important attacks on Russia’s Black Sea export facilities, in a battle which up to now month has seen Ukraine step up assaults on Russia’s vitality infrastructure.
Additionally on Tuesday, in Russia’s Voronezh area, a person sustained burns after a downed drone crashed onto the roof of a warehouse, the Interfax information company reported, quoting Governor Alexander Gusev. 4 homes had been broken in consequence, it mentioned.
In the meantime, Ukraine’s air power mentioned its air defences shot down 77 of 111 drones launched by Russia in a single day.
Russia’s Ministry of Defence additionally mentioned 45 Ukrainian drones had been intercepted in a single day, together with 19 over the northwestern Leningrad area.
On Monday, Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy had mentioned he stood by a proposal made to Russia for a ceasefire contingent on Moscow halting all assaults on vitality infrastructure.
“If Russia is able to cease strikes on our vitality infrastructure, we are going to reply in form,” Zelenskyy mentioned in his nightly handle, having first provided to observe a ceasefire for Easter final week, the vacation celebrated by Orthodox Christians on April 12 in Russia and Ukraine.
Nevertheless, after an in a single day assault on the Black Sea, Zelenskyy mentioned Russia appeared unwilling to conform to an Easter ceasefire.
“We have now repeatedly proposed to Russia a ceasefire not less than for Easter, a particular time of the yr,” he mentioned. “However for them, all occasions are the identical. Nothing is sacred.”
Moscow had reacted to Zelenskyy’s proposal final week, saying it favoured an total peace deal as a substitute.
